gray1
.240 Incinerator
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Post by gray1 on Mar 27, 2024 8:15:34 GMT -5
I’ve seen a few ruger 10.5 inch 44 specials on auctions .There was one recently.I thought it would be interesting to own.But not for the asking price.Have any of you ever had one ?
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bamagreg
.327 Meteor
Woodstock, GA
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Post by bamagreg on Mar 27, 2024 8:29:17 GMT -5
I've had a few of the 10.5" Super Blackhawk 44 mags. Never heard of one in 44 special only.
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Post by CraigC on Mar 27, 2024 9:33:27 GMT -5
Special run for the RCA. I wouldn't pay any of the insane collector premiums some New Models bring. I see listings for the 7.5" Bisley .44Spl over $3000.
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Post by bushog on Mar 27, 2024 10:07:08 GMT -5
Special run for the RCA. I wouldn't pay any of the insane collector premiums some New Models bring. I see listings for the 7.5" Bisley .44Spl over $3000. That guy is nuts....he has several overpriced.... |
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Post by z1r on Mar 27, 2024 13:07:06 GMT -5
It would be easy enough to rebarrel to 10.5" considering the crazy prices that the factory versions sell for.
I had the opportunity to acquire one, at a reasonable price even, but passed. In the end, I realized that I prefer my .44 specials with shorter barrels, and my magnums with longer barrels.
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Mar 28, 2024 16:04:00 GMT -5
Not a Ruger, but I've got a 10" 44 Special Uberti Bisley by Alan Harton that's getting its maiden powder burn tomorrow around lunchtime...Finally got the courage up to get her dirty  |
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gray1
.240 Incinerator
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Post by gray1 on Mar 28, 2024 19:53:53 GMT -5
Could you put up a picture of the uberti?
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Post by bigbore5 on Mar 28, 2024 19:58:42 GMT -5
The point in a really long barrel is more velocity. Why handicap it with a short special chamber?
My only long barrel "special" is a 9" 32H&R Single Six, but it predates the 327 Fed by a couple decades.
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Mar 29, 2024 8:28:00 GMT -5
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nicholst55
.375 Atomic
Retired, twice.
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Post by nicholst55 on Mar 29, 2024 8:55:05 GMT -5
I bought an RCA 'special' revolver (sight unseen). Once. Never again. This was, in all honesty, a cleanup gun, assembled with leftover parts just to get rid of them. The grip frame didn't even remotely fit the cylinder frame, the grips didn't even remotely fit the grip frame, and I was way less than favorably impressed. Ruger told me that I might be able to return it for refitting in a year, at my expense. That rather soured me on Ruger, along with some other issues.
Those particular guns are worth marginally more now, due to scarcity. There is one less in existence, because that one became something else.
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Post by z1r on Mar 29, 2024 13:29:08 GMT -5
The point in a really long barrel is more velocity. Why handicap it with a short special chamber? My only long barrel "special" is a 9" 32H&R Single Six, but it predates the 327 Fed by a couple decades. That was my thinking as well. Not for me, but not judging either. I envy your 9.5" .32! |
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